House Passes 56th Anti-Obamacare Measure (Huffington Post)

[RiverLover]

House Passes 56th Anti-Obamacare Measure
2/3/15

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted for the 56th time to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act.

The vote was largely symbolic, because the measure is unlikely to pass the Senate and would face a certain veto from President Barack Obama if it did.

But Republicans insisted on the vote, casting it as a chance to send a message and let new GOP members have a chance to vote against a law that most of them contend destroys jobs, freedom and the Constitution.

“We have been bringing the full repeal of Obamacare here to the floor over and over again to give everybody an opportunity, even those that didn't have an opportunity to get involved in this debate, to go on record and tell us where you want to see the future of the health care circumstances here in the United States,” said Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), one of the law’s most vehement opponents.

“Every Republican up to this point has voted to repeal Obamacare. Every member of the House, with exception of those that were sworn in for the first time for this Congress, has had that chance,” King said before the vote. “Now we give everyone that chance, and we will send a full repeal over to the Senate so the nine freshman Republicans over there can clearly also go on record.”...

...Democrats saw the entire exercise as a nonsensical waste of time.

“We have the Republicans continuing to bay at the moon. They're baying at the moon,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “Instead of proposing any -- which we'd be welcome to hear -- good suggestions they may have to improve the Affordable Care Act, they're baying at the moon.”...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/repeal-obamacare_n_6607080.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. So when do they start 'governing', instead of 'sending messages'? nt

[RiverLover]

2. Good Q.

What a disgrace!!

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3. Assholes. n/t

[pampango]

4. "... let new GOP members have a chance to vote against a law that most of them contend destroys jobs

freedom and the Constitution."

It would almost be funny if it were not a sign of such a sick party that controls both houses of congress.

Republicans hope latest anti-Obamacare bill will be first to reach president's desk

Decision to hold another seemingly meaningless vote comes ahead of more serious threat to the Act – the supreme court’s hearing of King v Burwell case

Republican lawmakers added to their collection of nearly 60 anti-Obamacare bills that have passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

But this one could have at least a slightly different fate than those that have come before it: it could be the first to reach Barack Obama’s desk – and his veto pen.

The decision to hold another seemingly meaningless vote against Obamacare comes as a more serious threat to the legislation approaches – the supreme court’s pending hearing of the case of King v Burwell.

King v Burwell challenges the administration’s decision to allow people in states that refused to set up their own health insurance marketplaces – forcing the federal government to do it – to receive subsidies to help them buy coverage. If the court rules in favor of the plaintiffs, millions of people in 36 states would immediately lose those subsidies and millions more would lose them in the years that follow.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/feb/04/republicans-hope-latest-anti-obamacare-bill-will-be-first-to-reach-presidents-desk

[RiverLover]

5. + a million nt